Factory Definition

făktə-rē
factories
noun
factories
A building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant.
Webster's New World
A trading settlement maintained by factors.
Webster's New World
The source of prolific production.
A rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.
American Heritage
A device which produces or manufactures something.
Wiktionary

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

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Other Word Forms of Factory

Noun

Singular:
factory
Plural:
factories

Origin of Factory

  • From Middle French factorie, from Medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor. Compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin factōria oil press, mill and Medieval Latin factōria establishment for factors both from Latin factor factor factor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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